Our good friend Dr Tim Rudd left Futurelab at the end of 2010 and has now launched Livelab http://www.livelab.org.uk/index.htm

Livelab: Research, Development and Innovations

It is with great pleasure that we can report that Hollinsclough Primary in rural Stafforshire is developing flexi-time options for its pupils. This project has already received favourable

If David Cameron’s Big Society is about citizens of Great Britain getting more involved in their community, then he’d be delighted to hear about the buzz travelling around

JANUARY 2011 CAMPAIGN MATTERS    It was an interesting end to the early-childhood year and we have been thinking carefully about the way in which we now want to move

The International Association for Learning Alternatives (IALA) has shifted its focus from conferences to policy advocacy with a Position Paper outlining broad concepts to advance educational

21st Century Learning Initiative http://www.21learn.org/site/ New Years Message There comes a time in an individual’s, or institution’s, life when a juxtaposition of what is going on in

Association for Learning Technology The Transformational Impact of Learning Technology Special Issue of the Journal ALT-J, Research in Learning Technology (Volume 18, Number 3) Few doubt that technology will change the

 Release summary: Under the patronage of the Secretary General of the League of Arab States, HE Mr. Amr Moussa, the Arab States Research and

BETT is the largest education technology exhibition in the world Special Events and Show Highlights for BETT 2011 With so much to think about when

elearningeuropa.info Newsletter - November 2010 FORUM on Language resources and Web 2.0: the latest hype or new perspectives?. After the Webinar on this topic, a public forum has opened

Join John Hardy on a tour of the Green School, his off-the-grid school in Bali that teaches kids how to build, garden, create (and get into college). Watch

Conrad Wolfram presents his radical idea about math education: we should teach kids math through computer programming. Watch now

From Antidote News - November 2010 OECD wonders why competition has little impact on schools .A report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) explores the reasons why

From rockets to stock markets, many of humanity's most thrilling creations are powered by math. So why do kids lose interest in it? Conrad Wolfram says the

The Potential Trust G&T Voice Group have asked for responses to their Draft Charter. A copy of the Charter is now on the G&T Voice blog.  Please send us

Introducing Open House @ BETT Emap Connect is pleased to announce that The MirandaNet Fellowship, an e-community of practice for international ICT policy makers, educators and commercial developers, is

Shift to adoption of mobile learning in schools UK schools make a significant shift towards the adoption of laptop computers, a nationwide survey of 1,379 schools has found, with

University of York Drives Virtual Learning with Quest vWorkspace Students and staff can access university resources from campus and remotely COPENHAGEN, VMworld Europe 2010 – 12th October 2010: The University

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With thanks to Hazel Clawley for this post. At its Autumn Conference 2010, the Green Party of England and Wales voted to include in its main policy document, Policies

BETT 2011 visitor registration is now live! Visitors can now register for their free pass to attend BETT 2011, the world’s largest technology in education show which

Backing a loser? “Michael Gove says “No ideology, just doing what actually works”. But he chooses as his model Sweden. Why? … In Finland, school begins at age seven,

Item from AERO E-news Wen says rote learning must go in Chinese schools Chinese schools have to get their students to be creative and think for themselves, Premier Wen